Where does “Addis Ababa” come from?

Addis Ababa (English) comes from Amharic አዲስ አበባ, from Amharic አዲስ, from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- — to be(come) new.

Ancestry of “Addis Ababa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicአዲስ አበባnew flower
2Amharicአዲስnew
3Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-to be(come) new

Words derived from “Addis Ababa”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- →Every word from Amharic አዲስ →Every word from Amharic አዲስ አበባ →
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